"Not really - we won it with talent rather than hard work," he said. "That's not what you want to see.

"It's just way too many points for an NRL team to concede.

"If we get the ball and we get some possession, we know we've got the systems to come up with some points."

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Once again Pearce is outpointed by three other halves. Maloney's workrate to cover up Pearce's shortcomings is phenomenal. Outside of the last pass he threw, Pearce did little whilst the Broncos halves were making line breaks and tackling hard. So depressing to think Pearce will once again be the Blues Origin half.

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Bill Blazejowski

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March 22, 2014, 6:06AM

I hope he hasn't raised the bar too high for himself because that standard will be hard to maintain consistently. That said, he played extremely well last night and should rightfully feel proud.

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